Execution. : An account of the execution of John Thomson and David Dobie, for the assault, murder and robbery of Margaret Paterson, on the 17th April last, with a copy of an affectionate letter sent to Dobie's wife..
Dobie, David,-1830.
[Edinburgh] : Robertson and Thomson, printers, Edinburgh.,
[1830]
Dated at head of text: Edinburgh, Wednesday morning, 9 o'clock, 18th August 1830.
Two editions are known. In this edition the title is in upper case roman, and in the woodcut of the gallows the upright post appears between the two bodies.
With four woodcuts, depicting the gallows, Dobie, Paterson, and Thomson.
Priced at end of text: (Price one penny.)
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English broadsides,
Dobie, David, -1830.
Thomson, John, -1830.
Paterson, Margaret, of Dalkeith.
Executions and executioners
Scotland Edinburgh.